A group of Arab states at the United Nations has said Gaza should become part of an independent Palestinian state, a rejection of recent calls by Trump for the US to take control of the Gaza Strip and turn it into a large development project that would be the “riviera of the Middle East”, Al Jazeera reports

“We the Arab countries want to see a riviera — a Palestinian Gazan Riviera in the independent and internationally recognised State of Palestine,” a representative said in a video shared by the State of Palestine on social media.